DALLAS — A Texas art museum announced Friday it had acquired a rarely displayed painting by John Singer Sargent that depicts Edwin Booth, the renowned 19th-century actor and brother of President Abraham Lincoln's assassin. The portrait from 1890 was commissioned by members of The Players, a private club for actors founded by Booth and his friends. It remained there until 2002, when it was sold to a private collector. The painting is now on its first extended public display in the main gallery ...
Famous Portrait Of Edwin Booth, Actor And Brother Of Lincoln's Assassin, Heads To Texas
The Huffington Post - 6 Sep 2013 21:29
DALLAS — A Texas art museum announced Friday it had acquired a rarely displayed painting by John Singer Sargent that depicts Edwin Booth, the renowned 19th-century actor and brother of President Abraham Lincoln's assassin. The portrait from 1890 was commissioned by members of The Players, a private club for actors founded by Booth and his friends. It remained there until 2002, when it was sold to a private collector. The painting is now on its first extended public display in the main gallery ...
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